Meade County, South Dakota
Meade County, SD: non-irrigated cash rent $31 an acre (2026); land and buildings $1,388 an acre in the 2022 census; median corn yield 68.6 bu/ac. County averages from public records, not an appraisal of any farm. FIPS 46093. Figures as of 2026-09-20.
Non-irrigated cash rent in Meade County averages $31 per acre for 2026, up 6.9 percent from 2016. Cropland here is 1 percent irrigated, so yield rests on rain and heat. Median corn yield 2008-2025 is 68.6 bushels per acre, with 2021 at 41.2. Heat and drought has driven crop insurance losses, rising in share across 1989-1999, 2000-2009, and 2020-2025, though 2010-2019 dipped to 55 percent. Weeks in severe drought or worse ran 289 of 1357 from 2000-2025, with 2003 the worst year at 42 weeks. Census land value stands at $1,388 per acre, up 46 percent from 2017 to 2022. Solar and wind capacity are both 0 MW, operating and proposed.
SD median $112 · 4th lowest of 63
SD median $3,173 · 15th lowest of 66
SD median $11.31 · 7th highest of 65
SD median 46% · 7th lowest of 66
Cash rent
Dollars per acre, USDA NASS county survey. A break in a line is a year with no published survey; nothing is drawn across it.
Land value
Corn yield
Bushels per acre, USDA NASS county yields, all practices. The dashed line is the median of the published years.
Crop insurance record
Claims paid divided by total premium (the farmer share plus the federal subsidy), each closed crop year since 1989. Above the dashed line, the county's insurance book paid out more than it took in. 2026, still open, is left out.
Drought and weather
Weeks per year, U.S. Drought Monitor, with half the county or more in D2 (severe) drought or worse.
Land, water and programs
Acres enrolled in the Conservation Reserve Program, USDA FSA, by fiscal year.
Next door
| County | Dry rent | Irr. rent | Land value | Claims per $100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meade County | $31 | — | $1,388 | $20.45 |
| Butte County | $40 | $122 | $1,359 | $18.24 |
| Haakon County | $54 | — | $1,313 | $18.50 |
| Lawrence County | $25 | — | $2,742 | — |
| Pennington County | $37 | — | $1,513 | $17.76 |
| Perkins County | $39 | — | $1,179 | $15.58 |
| Ziebach County | $46 2025 | — | $1,145 | $20.01 |
| Median next door | $39 | $122 1 co. | $1,336 | $18.24 |
Counties that share a stretch of boundary. An older rent carries its year and stays out of the median.
Cite this page
AGSIST Farmland Atlas. Meade County, South Dakota. Figures as of 2026-09-20, from USDA NASS, USDA RMA, USDA FSA, the U.S. Drought Monitor and NOAA. https://agsist.com/farmland-atlas/south-dakota/meade-countyEvery figure is a county average from the sources named below. Ranks count counties with 10,000 acres or more in farms, in the same survey year for rent, within the state. Methods: how each figure is built. Downloads: all counties, CSV.
Sources, dates and arithmetic
"Figures as of" is the date this page's numbers last changed; it moves only when a figure on the page does. Source files and their retrieval dates are listed on the data page.
Rent: USDA NASS Cash Rents Survey, county. Land value: Census of Agriculture, operators' estimate of land and buildings. Yield: NASS county corn yields, trend fitted here over every published year since 2008. Loss ratio: claims (indemnity) divided by total premium, USDA RMA Summary of Business, 1989 on, open crop year left out. Drought: U.S. Drought Monitor, weeks with half the county or more in D2 or worse. July lows: NOAA nClimDiv county monthly minimum temperature. A dash means the record does not carry the figure or the source withheld it; the reason is printed beside it.